Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Bava Batra 176:6

א"ר לוי קשה עונשן של מדות יותר מעונשן של עריות שזה נאמר בהן (ויקרא יח, כד) אל וזה נאמר בהן (דברים כה, טז) אלה ומאי משמע דהאי אל קשה הוא דכתיב (יחזקאל יז, יג) ואת אילי הארץ לקח

A TENTH IN [THE CASE OF] LIQUIDS, AND A TWENTIETH IN [THE CASE OF] DRY, etc. The question was raised: Does this mean, a tenth of the [unit of the] liquids for [every] ten [units] of the liquid, and a twentieth of [the unit of] dry [provisions] for [every] twenty [units] of dry; or [does it], perhaps, [mean] a tenth [of the unit] for [every] ten [units] of liquid and [a tenth of the unit] for [every] twenty [units] of dry [provisions]? — The matter stands undecided.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. s.v. Teko. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> R. Levi said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Yeb. 21a. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> The punishment for [false] measures is more rigorous than that for [marrying] forbidden relatives;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII, 6ff. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>

Mesilat Yesharim

I will not speak with respect to deception in the area of measurements for scripture explicitly states: "the abomination of the L-rd your G-d are all who do these" (Devarim 25:16). They further stated: "the punishment for dishonest weights and measures is worse than the punishment for illicit relations" (Bava Basra 88b) and "a wholesale dealer must wipe his measures clean once in thirty days..." (ibid 88a). Why all this? So that they do not unknowingly diminish in measure and he is not punished [for stealing from his customers due to negligence].
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